Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Area-efficient PLL with a low-noise low-power loop filter
- Patent Title (中): 具有低噪声低功耗环路滤波器的区域效率PLL
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Application No.: US13831639Application Date: 2013-03-15
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Publication No.: US09024684B2Publication Date: 2015-05-05
- Inventor: Yu Song , Nan Chen
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP
- Main IPC: H03B1/00
- IPC: H03B1/00 ; H03K5/00 ; H04B1/10 ; H03L7/08 ; H03L7/087 ; H03L7/089 ; H03L7/093

Abstract:
Techniques for reducing noise and power consumption in a loop filter for a phase-locked loop (PLL) are described herein. In one embodiment, a loop filter for a PLL comprises a first proportional capacitor, a second proportional capacitor, an active device, and a plurality of switches. The plurality of switches are configured to alternately couple the first proportional capacitor and the second proportional capacitor to a first charge pump, to alternately couple noise from the active device to the first proportional capacitor and the second proportional capacitor, and to alternately couple the first proportional capacitor and the second proportional capacitor into a feedback circuit, wherein the feedback circuit produces an output voltage of the loop filter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140266343A1 AREA-EFFICIENT PLL WITH A LOW-NOISE LOW-POWER LOOP FILTER Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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